100 best experiences of my life

Number 92 of 101/1001!

1. Getting married
2. Meeting Kevin
3. Graduating with my master’s degree
4. Getting Gracie (my friendly,fat, calico kitty)
5. Moving back to Philadelphia from New Jersey
6. Meeting my best friend’s newborn son
7. Attending Society for Neuroscience meeting
8. Graduating with my dual bachelor’s degrees
9. Being accepted to Jefferson’s neuroscience Ph.D. program
10. Being a co-host on Girls Gone Geek
11. Podcamp Philadelphia
12. Our honeymoon
13. Our vacation to San Francisco last August
14. My brother getting married
15. Kevin proposing
16. Going to London
17. Going to Turkey (twice!)
18. Acting in a one-act as a freshmen in college
19. FIRST Robotics
20. Teaching science for the summer at a charter school
21. Graduating from GSGIS
22. Performing in my high school’s Ren Faire
23. Being on the German Battle of the Brains team
24. Junior Prom
25. After-prom senior year
26. The “surprise” 16th birthday party my friends threw me
27. Battle of the Books team captain in 5th grade
28. TAing AP chemistry
29. Getting my Powerbook G4
30. My best friend’s wedding
31. My 21st birthday celebration my roommates and friends threw me
32. College orientation
33. High school orientation
34. Assistant directing a one act senior year of high school
35. My first Valentine’s Day with Kevin
36. Pi Nu Epsilon in college (co-ed performing arts fraternity)
37. My brother and his then-fiance visiting me
38. My mom visiting me
39. Moving out of my parents’ house
40. My grandparents coming to my master’s graduation
41. Taking Chronoengineering I in college
42. Twestival for charity:water
43. Twestival for Concern
44. Entrepreneur Expo 2009
45. Barcamp Philadelphia 2008
46. Volunteering at the 2004 Virginia FIRST Robotics regional
47. Reconnecting with my cousin as an adult
48. Taking care of my cousin’s kids
49. Being called Aunt Melissa
50. Participating in the Geek is Chic podcastathon
51. Watching my younger cousin row in the Stotesbury Regatta
52. Meeting Liana Lehua IRL
53. My first Christmas with Kevin’s family
54. Spending time in Wildwood, NJ with my ex and his family
55. My best friend from high school’s wedding
56. The community and becoming a moderator on BYDLS.com
57. Attending a Gordon Research Conference
58. Shake Shack & karaoke tweetup in NYC in July 2008
59. Finding the Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Center
60. The bridal shower my friends threw me
61. Being accepted to my current laboratory
62. Attending an NSBRI conference as a first year grad student
63. Being interviewed/courted by the Hopkins circadian rhythms lab for a job
64. Being the photographer for the Virginia Orchid Society
65. Being chosen for the finals at the first Virginia FIRST Robotics regional
66. Winning the Driving Tomorrow’s Technology award at the second Virginia FIRST Robotics Regional
67. Attending FIRST Robotics National championships junior year of high school
68. Attending the premiere of Where the Wild Things Are to benefit the Rosenbach Museum (for free)
69. Getting accepted to GSGIS
70. Getting all As and Bs my first quarter of college when I was convinced I’d failed at least 1 class
71. Getting my first co-op job from a cold call
72. My family telling me that they are proud of me
73. Consolidating all of my student loans in my name, thus being completely separated from my parents financially
74. Attending FIRST Robotics National championships senior year of high school
75. Assistant stage managing a show with Kevin as stage manager
76. Acting in a one-act with Kevin as assistant director and stage manager
77. Falling in love
78. Seeing the original Mark and Roger in RENT for my birthday
79. Waking up next to the love of my life
80. Falling asleep next to the love of my life
81. Being told that I am loved
82. Being recognized for my skills, not because of my gender
83. Realizing I am more than my collection of illnesses
84. Having a doctor actually believe there is more than just stress wrong with me
85. Knowing that I have someone who will be there for me the rest of my life
86. Becoming a member of MENSA
87. Having a custom designed wedding band
88. Trusting someone completely
89. Meeting lovely people via Twitter
90. Meeting lovely people via Wedding Buzz/The Nest
91. Making the leap to an iPhone
92. Presenting my study design to a well-known collaborator
93. Having my grandmother alter my wedding dress
94. Trying on my wedding dress for my mom and my future mother-in-law
95. Spending time with someone for his/her birthday
96. Having my one grandfather give me away at my wedding
97. Dancing with my other grandfather at my wedding
98. Brain lab during medical neuroscience
99. Baking my first multilayer cake
100. Teaching science to 7th graders as a freshmen in college